I was just interviewed by SAP Insights about the localization of supply chains and whether reshoring is a pipe dream or reality. Stay tuned for that article although this hot topic continues to arise as manufacturers and product-based companies realize the significant risk of having their full supply chain [...]
"Change management determines ERP implementation success" may be the most-ignored advice in the enterprise technology realm. That doesn't make it any less important. ERP offers significant business advantages -- but only if it is widely adopted. And that means CIOs and other leaders must prioritize people. "Particularly in [...]
“Cybersecurity risks do nothing but increase over time, and that means more risk than many security teams can keep up with,” says Lisa Anderson, president of LMA Consulting Group, which specializes in supply-chain modernization." Business transformation is a battle fought on many fronts, and one of the most important [...]
July 24, 2020 According to Forbes, COVID-19 accelerated e-commerce growth by 4-6 years. Smart players are taking advantage of the opportunity. Only Amazon takes in more money than Shopify's websites, and analysts are predicting a 75% annual rise in the next five years. The ONLY item in common across [...]
July 19, 2020 The most recent webinar in our APICS Inland Empire webinar series featured Frank Moullet from Shamrock Foods talking about distribution, food service and how they've navigated through COVID-19. We had an engaging discussion on how they made a sharp right turn pivot early on and [...]
After receiving a call from a CBS affiliate asking about what's going on in the food industry, we thought it would make for an interesting deep dive. In addition, we have been working with companies from farm to table and from machinery equipment to logistics/ food service distribution and [...]
We all know the big ERP vendors, but who are the industry movers and shakers? Using Buzzsumo, we’ve searched the Twittersphere for the world’s top ERP influencers. These people were identified based on a number of factors, including tweeted topics, followers, and the number of tweets and retweets around [...]
More change has been foisted upon businesses in the last three months than most of us could have ever imagined. The COVID-19 pandemic has turned some companies upside down, and forced many more to recalibrate their business strategy. Small and medium businesses have had to adjust to new realities [...]
